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1.
Ec 11:2
shows that charity is here inculcated.
2. portion--of thy bread.
3. clouds--answering to "evil"
(Ec 11:2),
meaning, When the times of evil are fully ripe, evil must come;
and speculations about it beforehand, so as to prevent one sowing seed
of liberality, are vain
(Ec 11:4).
4. Therefore sow thy charity in faith, without hesitancy or speculation as to results, because they may not seem promising (Ec 9:10). So in Ec 11:1, man is told to "cast his bread corn" on the seemingly unpromising "waters" (Ps 126:5, 6). The farmer would get on badly, who, instead of sowing and reaping, spent his time in watching the wind and clouds.
5. spirit--How the soul animates the body! Thus the transition to
the formation of the body "in the womb" is more natural, than if with
MAURER we translate it "wind"
(Ec 1:6;
Joh 3:8).
6. morning . . . evening--early and late; when young and when old; in
sunshine and under clouds.
7. light--of life (Ec 7:11; Ps 49:19). Life is enjoyable, especially to the godly.
8. But while man thankfully enjoys life, "let him remember" it will
not last for ever. The "many days of darkness," that is, the unseen
world
(Job 10:21, 22;
Ps 88:12),
also days of "evil" in this world
(Ec 11:2),
are coming; therefore sow the good seed while life and good days last,
which are not too long for accomplishing life's duties.
9. Rejoice--not advice, but warning. So
1Ki 22:15,
is irony; if thou dost rejoice (carnally,
Ec 2:2; 7:2,
not moderately, as in
Ec 5:18),
&c., then "know that . . . God will bring thee into judgment"
(Ec 3:17; 12:14).
10. sorrow--that is, the lusts that end in "sorrow," opposed to
"rejoice," and "heart cheer thee"
(Ec 11:9),
Margin, "anger," that is, all "ways of thine heart"; "remove,"
&c., is thus opposed to "walk in," &c.
(Ec 11:9).
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